BOA | |
|---|---|
 BOA at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023 | |
| Born | Ryan William Boa May 9, 1995 [1] [2] Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Bitch on Arrival |
| Occupation | Drag queen |
| Television | Canada's Drag Race (season 1) |
BOA (an abbreviation for Bitch on Arrival) is the stage name of Ryan William Boa [3] [4] (born May 9, 1995), a drag performer most known for competing on season 1 of Canada's Drag Race . [5]
Boa was born in Windsor, Ontario. [6] [7]
Boa's drag persona is BOA. BOA worked as a drag queen for six years before competing on season 1 of Canada's Drag Race , [8] where she placed seventh. [9] In 2021, she released the debut single "Gettin' It Done". [10] In July 2021, she performed alongside Juice Boxx, Anastarzia Anaquway and others at the inaugural Drag Starz at the Manor, a new drag event in Guelph, Ontario. [11]
In May 2015, Boa was physically attacked after a show by a man he had brought home to hang out with following a performance, after the attacker pressured Boa to have sex and Boa declined. [13] The attacker broke Boa's nose, and stole his wallet, laptop and cellphone. [13] He was arrested two weeks later in Vancouver, British Columbia, following another unrelated crime, and was identified as Boa's attacker; [14] in September 2016 he pled guilty to the robbery and a breach of probation charge from prior crimes, although the physical assault charge was dropped. [15] Boa has since continued to speak out about the issue of violence in the LGBTQ+ community, [16] including speaking about the incident in a Canada's Drag Race episode. [17]
Boa proposed to his boyfriend in 2020. [18] Boa revealed in an episode of the reality television series Slaycation that he was diagnosed as HIV-positive when he went to rehab. [19]
| Authority control databases: Artists |
|---|
